Category
page 1Satellite buses
spacecraft bus
general model on which multiple-production spacecraft are often based; infrastructure of a spacecraft, usually providing locations for the payload (typically space experiments or instruments); service module section of a spacecraft
Boeing 702
family of communication satellite bus designed and manufactured by the Boeing Satellite Development Center
Eurostar
family of European satellite buses
A2100
satellite bus family by Lockheed Martin
Star Bus
family of spacecraft buses
Lanteris 1300
family of satellite bus
Spacebus
Spacebus is a satellite bus produced at the Cannes Mandelieu Space Center in France by Thales Alenia Space. Spacebuses are typically used for geostationary communications satellites, and seventy-four have been launched since development started in the 1980s. Spacebus was originally produced by Aérospatiale and later passed to Alcatel Alenia Space. In 2006, it was sold to Thales Group as Thales Alenia Space.
Alphabus
Alphabus is a family of heavy geostationary communications satellites developed by a joint venture between Thales Alenia Space and EADS Astrium Satellites in France, with support of the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES), the French space agency and the European Space Agency (ESA).
Eurostar E3000
series of satellite bus
KAUR
satellite bus
Ekspress
family of satellite buses designed by ISS Reshetnev